16/100
#2,281 nationally
Uw Health
1401 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61104 · (815) 968-4400
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Uw Health billed $7.29 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 7.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 102
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #101
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
808 | $33,403 | $2,610 | +72% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
376 | $100,191 | $19,103 | +54% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $19,602 | $1,520 | +94% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
149 | $188,863 | $12,706 | +202% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
143 | $62,122 | $10,926 | +33% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
134 | $58,998 | $10,818 | +36% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $55,257 | $3,348 | +168% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $30,605 | $3,073 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $32,314 | $3,029 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $22,652 | $1,836 | +93% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,283 | $480 | +579% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$322,801 | $18,084 | +289% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$275,804 | $21,655 | +231% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$188,863 | $12,706 | +202% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,911 | $1,778 | +190% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,257 | $3,348 | +168% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,082 | $6,958 | +164% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,055 | $1,959 | +164% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pleural Effusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 186 · Inpatient stay |
$62,657 | $13,990 | -12% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$132,567 | $33,934 | -9% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$36,035 | $12,417 | about average |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$92,918 | $18,380 | +8% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$84,323 | $17,625 | +11% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$85,664 | $21,201 | +12% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$74,413 | $17,808 | +12% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$54,811 | $10,713 | +13% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.